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Arabic language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.--Early works to 1800.Arabic language--Dictionaries--Arabic--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Arabic--Michigan--Ann Arbor.Koran--Dictionaries--Early works to 1800.Koran--Language, style--Dictionaries--Arabic--Early works to 1800.

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Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) in at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular panel with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral accents in gold, blue, and orange-red on grounds of blue and gold, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold with blue and orange red accents on a blue and gold ground, all set in a well consisting of bands of blue, gold interlace and orange red and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue with red accents ; section headings set off in simple illuminated rectangular pieces ; written area surrounded by a heavy gold frame defined by black fillets and outermost red rule ; keywords, section headings, notabilia, occasional vocalization and some abbreviation symbols rubricated ; occasional textual dividers in the form of hāʼ in red.